The association of perceived stress, contextualized stress, and emotional eating with body mass index in college-aged Black women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-192

  Diggins, Allyson ^a   Woods Giscombe, Cheryl ^b   Waters, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional eating; Health disparities; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTEXTUALIZED STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL EATING; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PERCEIVED STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944883196     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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